Did I argue anything? Asked a simple question, sorry if it should have been so obvious.
I see about an equal amount of lost deer threads from people hitting shoulder as they do hitting back.
Little touchy?
in the 75 -85 I've killed with a bow I lost one with a shoulder hit(mini blaster)but have never lost one hitting it in the liver or the gut or a one lunger.
Nope we're on the same page........I just don't understand how people are hitting the shoulder blade consistently? I hear it too. I almost think there are people who are quicker to admit that they hit a deer in the shoulder than accept or admit hitting it in the guts. It just doesn't bear out for me or apparently you as well Charlie and that's a lot of shooting between us!.
Seriously how can it be coincidence that between you and I we have something like 125 deer to our creditand 1....just one lost animal due to a shoulder hit and neither has lost one hitting them farther back. I've never even hit a single deer in the shoulder blade myself.
Who are all these shoulder shooting people? LOL
Just within our sample alone there is evidence enough thata person'sfocus in choosing a broadhead should be shooting the biggest cutting diameterto the point ofstill being assured of excellent penetration. The focus should be on damaging as much tissue as we can with only a slight consideration at best given to how they will perform on bone. Like I said the shoulder is the exception. If you are going to plan for something bad at least in mine and your experience which is a lot of dead animals..........plan for a soft tissue hit and shoot a head that will take out as much as possible.
If that means an 1 1/8" fixed head for one guy then that's what he should shoot, if it means a 2" cut 4 blade mech for me because I have oodles of energy to spare then that's what I should shoot.
The only higher priorities are making sure they are sharp and coming from a tuned set up.